record holder
noun
: the person or thing that has achieved something no other person or thing has achieved : a person or thing that holds a record
He is the marathon world record holder.
They're developing an airplane that is expected to be faster than the current record holder.
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Last year unseated 2023, the previous record holder for dangerously high temperatures.
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Alana Wise, NPR, 20 June 2025
The cloud around it is nearly a whopping 20 million light-years across—about 20 times the diameter of our Milky Way galaxy—beating the previous record holder, seen around cluster Abell 2255, which spanned only 16.3 million light-years.
—Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 June 2025
O’Dell departs the high school ranks as the Orange County record holder in six of the event individual events: 50, 100 and 200 free, 200 IM, 100 back and 100 breaststroke (59.73).
—Dan Albano, Oc Register, 5 June 2025
Thompson, the Olympic record holder for points by a defender, is bound to score eventually, too.
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—Hailey Salvian, New York Times, 20 May 2025
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Alana Wise, NPR, 20 June 2025
The cloud around it is nearly a whopping 20 million light-years across—about 20 times the diameter of our Milky Way galaxy—beating the previous record holder, seen around cluster Abell 2255, which spanned only 16.3 million light-years.
—Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 June 2025
O’Dell departs the high school ranks as the Orange County record holder in six of the event individual events: 50, 100 and 200 free, 200 IM, 100 back and 100 breaststroke (59.73).
—Dan Albano, Oc Register, 5 June 2025
Thompson, the Olympic record holder for points by a defender, is bound to score eventually, too.
3.
—Hailey Salvian, New York Times, 20 May 2025
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“Record holder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/record%20holder. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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